The crowd hushes to an overwhelming silence. The performers warm up their vocal cords while the background music “¦ wait, there is no background music. While most artists use the accompaniment of instrumental music during performances, a capella groups base their performance solely on the human voice and the sounds it can make. Read more...

The man who revolutionized prime-time TV by bestowing Bart and Homer Simpson, Ralph Wiggum, Groundskeeper Willie and Apu Nahasapeemapetilon upon the world is the same man who will handpick the cast of characters for Los Angeles’ second edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties, scheduled for June of 2003. Read more...

It’s easy to forget that on Le Conte Avenue, tucked between the Ralphs plaza and Burger King is a theatrical beacon and cultural center of Westwood. Read more...

UCLA Radio hasn’t had a true radio signal since its inception in 1963. With the recent ability to stream music over the internet a viable alternative had been found. Read more...

Never overlook a janitor as a prodigy. Before you start getting images of Will Hunting secretly scrawling answers to advanced fourier systems across a dimly-lit chalkboard, it should be said that janitors can make great poets, too. Read more...

Few people would deny music can be a spiritual experience, and for Roberto Miranda jazz is the best way to see the light. Miranda, an adjunct assistant professor in jazz studies in the ethnomusicology department at UCLA, is a jazz musician who has played bass with everyone from world-class jazz musicians to members of the local hip-hop scene Jurassic 5. Read more...

Though art generally remains still, right now at UCLA it is in the process of moving. Two departments of the School of Arts and Architecture has packed its bags and is making a new home in the newly-built Kinross building located in Westwood’s Lot 32. Read more...